The Language Testing Research Group has been very honoured to host the following guests:

2023/24:

  • Dr Shangchao Min (Zhejing University, China)
  • Mr Henry Emery (Latitude Aviation English Services, UK)
  • Ms Laura Schildt (Ghent University, Belgium)
  • Mr Burak Senel (Iowa State University, USA)
  • Dr Yi Tan (Georgetown University, USA0
  • Dr Curtis Gautschi (University of Bern, Switzerland)
  • Dr Azrifah Zakaria (National Institute of Education, Singapore)

2022/23:

  • Dr Jing Xu (Cambridge University Press & Assessment, UK)
  • Dr Xiao Cheng (East China Normal University, China)
  • Dr Salomé Villa Larenas (Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile)
  • Ms Deise Amaral (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
  • Mr Craig Grocott (University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Mr Dylan Burton (Michigan State University, USA)
  • Prof Ari Huhta (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
  • Prof Gary Ockey (Iowa State University, USA)
  • Prof Robyn Woodward-Kron (University of Melbourne, Australia)
  • Ms Francesca Pezzella (Università di Pisa, Italy)

2021/22:

  • Dr Kamran Khan (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • Mr Craig Grocott (University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Dr Frank van Splunder (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
  • Dr Slobodanka Dimova (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • Dr Gareth McCray (Keele University, UK)
  • Dr Vahid Aryadoust (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

2020/21:

  • Dr Susy Macqueen (Australian National University, Australia)
  • Dr Bart Deygers (Ghent University, Belgium)
  • Dr Philip Durrant (University of Exeter, UK)
  • Mr Rob Playfair (University of Liverpool, UK)
  • Prof Olga Kvasova (National University of Ukraine, Ukraine)
  • Mr Agustinus Hardi Prasetyo (Iowa State University, USA)
  • Ms Monique Yoder (Michigan State University, USA)
  • Ms Judit Fairbairn (British Council & University College London IoE, UK)
  • Ms Kristin Rock (University of Hawaii in Manoa, Hawaii)
  • Mr Jorge Beltran (Columbia University, USA)
  • Dr Geoff LaFlair (Duolingo)

2019/20:

  • Prof Mary Jane Abrahams (Alberto Hurtado University, Chile)
  • Dr Spiros Papageorgiou (Educational Testing Service, USA)
  • Dr Meg Malone (AELRC & Georgetown University, USA)
  • Dr Danijela Trenkic (The University of York, UK)
  • Dr Kazuya Saito (University College London, IoE, UK)

2018/19:

  • Dr Susy Macqueen (Australian National University, Australia)
  • Prof Sisilia Halimi (Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia)
  • Dr Jamie Dunlea (British Council, UK)
  • Prof Mary Jane Abrahams (Alberto Hurtado University, Chile)
  • Prof Rod Ellis (Curtin University, Australia)
  • Prof Tess Fitzpatrick (Swansea University, UK)
  • Prof Tobias Haug (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
  • Dr Frank Boers (Western University, Canada)

2017/18:

  • Mr Ying Xu (South China University of Technology, China)
  • Dr Talia Isaacs (University College London, IoE, UK)
  • Prof John Read (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
  • Dr Ana Pellicer-Sanchez (University College London, IoE, UK)
  • Prof Ari Huhta (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
  • Prof Tim McNamara (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
  • Dr Karmen Pizorn (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
  • Prof Susana Correia (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)

2016/17

  • Prof Mary Jane Abrahams (Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile)
  • Dr Carole Sedgwick (University of Roehampton, UK)
  • Dr Aek Phakiti (The University of Sydney, Australia)
  • Ms Maria Sikolova (University of Defence, Czech Republic)
  • Ms Andrea Kulmhofer (BIFIE, Austria)
  • Ms Isabel Hopf (BIFIE, Austria)
  • Dr Kamran Khan (University of Leicester, UK)
  • Mr Ying Xu (South China University of Technology, China)

2015/16

  • Prof Tess Fitzpatrick (Cardiff University, UK)
  • Mr Ricky Jeffrey (University of Nottingham Ningbo, China)
  • Mr Jamie Dunlea (British Council, UK)
  • Dr Andrea Révész (University College London, IoE, UK)
  • Dr Anne Margaret Smith (ELT well, UK)
  • Dr Daniel Waller, Dr Tania Horak & Ms Elena Gandini (University of Central Lancashire, UK)
  • Dr Karmen Pizorn (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)

2014/15

  • Prof Tony Green (University of Bedfordshire, UK)
  • Prof Kris Van de Poel (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
  • Ms Marina Vulovic (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
  • Dr Karmen Pizorn (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
  • Prof John Bitchener (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)
  • Dr Anita Hegedus (University of Pécs, Hungary)

2013/14

  • Prof John Read (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
  • Dr Nivja de Jong (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
  • Dr Karmen Pizorn (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
  • Dr Henrik Gyllstad (Lund University, Sweden)
  • Prof Xiangdong Gu (Chongqing University of Science and Technology, China)
  • Dr Meg Malone (Centre for Applied Linguistics, USA)

2012/13

  • Prof Tess Fitzpatrick (Cardiff University, UK)
  • Prof Riikka Ullakonoja (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
  • Dr Karmen Pizorn (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
  • Dr Talia Isaacs (Bristol University, UK)
  • Dr Costas Gabrielatos (Edge Hill University, UK)
  • Mr Daniel Waller (University of Central Lancashire, UK)
  • Prof Angela Hasselgreen (University of Bergen, Norway)

2011/12

  • Dr Costas Gabrielatos (Edge Hill University, UK)
  • Dr Tania Horak (University of Central Lancashire, UK)
  • Mr Kamran Khan (University of Birmingham, UK)